Sgian Dubh Presentation Box #2

This is a commissioned piece I’ve been working on. It is a sgian dubh presentation box for a woman in Scotland to give to her fiance on their wedding day. It is a traditional Scottish wedding, with kilts and the like, so inside will be a custom sgian dubh made just for him (but not by me; by the same guy who made my sgian dubh you see in the pictures).

The sgian dubh is going to have a red jasper cabochon set into the pommel, so I thought it would be a grand idea to inlay one into the lid of the box. The rectangle around the wood, the keyed miters, and the interior dividers are all bog oak.

Oh, and the cuff links in the right compartment are bog oak cuff links I made myself, in case anyone was wondering.

I think you did a great job and it will be well received. I know I would love to have it as well as the dagger. I must first get my wife to make my kilt though. Yea, I have the blood line of a Scot so you win with me either way.

Thanks Charlie for the morning belly laugh! Obviously this is not the true reason, else married life would not have become the edifying societal force that we know today (and yes, the wife is not even looking over my shoulder as I type).